Metal wheel



'V'..citizen'of lthe United States, and a resident- -ofv New York, .in the couxnj.1 o f New York and StateofNew York, have invented cerv U NIT'ED STATES .PATENT ,y I

MAUEIGE LACHMANDE vNEW Yeni, N. Y., assIGNoE ro BETELEHEM s'rEErI coimrm, or EETELEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, a conrona'rroN or rENNsYLvANIa To'all'wlwm tmay con-cern:- Beit known that I, MAURICE LACHMAN, a

' tain new and useful Improvements in Metal Wheels; of which the' following is a specimadef-from plates or rolled sections of metalv My present invention relates tothe construction vof -=meta'l wheels" in' which the. each other by spokes are all integral with meansof the `1"im"or -felly. The wheel 1s in contradistinction'to a cast wheel. y

The main object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly strong. wheel of comparatively light weight and one in which the hub around the spokes can be easily cleaned. The wheel is preferably formed from a rolled section such as an I b eam althoughit.v

may be formed from other forms of metal stock and when so formed, two wheels of any desired number of spokes may be secured from a single length of I beam whil'e'at the same time a wheel of great strength is attained, as, according to this invention, the spokes' are brought together in the hub and forni with the hub a truss construction.

construction of metal Wheel as hereinafter more particularly ydescribed and then vspecified in the. claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is an end View of a rolled section. from which the materlal for thepwheel may i 'be obtained.

Fig. 2 is a side view of said beam after being cut or stamped in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a length of the beam for one Wheel.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the assembled Wheel.

Fig. v5 isa transverse lsection taken on the line 5-5'Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is al detached front' view of one of A the plates in which the spoke ends are seated.

A indicates the I beam the web of which is divided longitudinally in any suitable way, whereby` material for forming two Wheels is obtained as indicated in Fig.' 2.

Each length of material consists of the head or flanges 1 which 'in the finished wheel forms the rim and the integral projecting as shown in Fig. y5.

l 410 and Il indicate outside clampingplates .by held againsttlie flanges 5-an'd 6.

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strips 2 which form the spokes fifn'l the fin?A ishedwheel. t f Each of the spokes '2 is `split or divided" longitudinally preferably for p` a'ctic'ally'its'. entire length i'nto two spoke arms 2', 22; The free endsof the spokes are alsopreferably cut or shaped along oblique lin es"'as`in` dicated at Sierreasons scribed.

The spoke arms 2, 2" are spread apalvtfat L `their free or huh endsand the spokes" 2.(each` consisting ofthe arm's'2, 2) are bent alter-v ,n l nately sothat they willbe disposed atbpposite ends of the hub in the finished wheel- After the parts are lcut out and the ,spokes properly shaped, the flange 1 is .bent or rolled around until the endscome together in which` position they are preferably Welded.

4 indicates ank annular box-,like'part'or '15.

casting forming part ofthe hub structure and is preferably provided withq inwardly projecting end 4'flanges 5, 6` which' seat 'by their edgeson shown).

When the Harige 1 i's bent around to form 80 f the circle of the wheel, the spread free ends i of alternate s okes come together on the out- The invention consists in the improved* vsides of the anges 5 and 6 and meet along Y the lines 3 whichare 'preferably so formed that they are radial lines yin the hub.

7 and 8 indicate annular 'plates seatin againstthe outer Walls 'o'f theanges 5 an 6 respectively and which also have an annu-- lar bearing on the hub barrel (not shown);l Each of these plates is provided with a number spaced recesses 9 iny the .peripheral edge andv in which recesses the engaged' ends of the spoke arms' 2?, 2" snugly seat and wedge.

which thee'nds of the spokes are r1gidly By dividing and spreading the Spokes apart as shown each spoke engages .the'ihub at a tangent tog-ether 3ori whereby the Wei 'ht for Strength 'can be' cntdown materially. Alstheco structionL glves prac ically an open hub to bepresentlyde-vvv the usual hub :barrel "(notv loi f Midi the lines 3 in the huh and seating'them in .the recesses 9 of the plates 7 and 8 a truss construction is attained which rigidly holds the spokesand distributes any shock from t ie ruin Also owing to the hearing of the plates i' and H on the huh harrel7 the weight is transmitted from the rim direct to the huh,

What'l elaiin as in'y invention 15:-

l. A metal wheel comprising integral spokes and riin, eaeh'of the spokes being divided longitiulinally and spread apart, the

' ends ol' alternate spokes being assembled at the huh at opposite ends tl'iereof and praetieally tangent thereto.

2. metal wheel comprising integral spokes and riin, each of the spokes being divided longitudinally and spread apart and the spokes being to opposite ,ends of the huh, the spread ends of the spokes engaging eaeh other in the huh.

3. A. metal `wheel comprising integral spokes and rim,

divided longitudinally and spread apart at its hub en `d,`alterna te spokes being disposed 4at opposite ends oil' the huh and the sliread ends ofthe spokes engaging each other in the huh atla tangent thereto.

4,'A metal wheel comprising integ'ral spokes and {rim}` eaehv of the spokes bei/ne divided piae ically througtg'houtits length andspread apart at the hubtend, alternate spokes heilig-disposed at opposite ends of the `hub with their. spread ends engaging each other along, radial lines in the hub and their longitudinal lines being at a tangent to the hub.

Vspokes andi-iin, eaeh staggered alternately each of the spokes beingl 'ing recesses in which the spread ends of the spokes seat. l

(3. A metal wheel comprising'y integral spokes and rim. each of the spokes being divided longitudinally and spread apart at its hub'end, alternate spokes being disposed at opposite ends of the huh and :the spread ends of the spokes engaging eaeh other in seats formed by reeesses in the huh structure.

T. A inetal wheel comprising integral of thespokes being divided longitudinally and spira? apartl at its huh end, alternate spokes hein r disposed at opposite ends of the huh and :rn 'annular plate secured to the huh having recesses 1n 'I its periphery iii which thel ends of -the spokes seat. i l

`l. A metal wheel comprising integral spokes aiid'rini. eaeh ot' the spokes heing divided longitudinally and spread apart and the .spokes heing staggered alternately to opposite ends ot the huh, the spread ends of the spokes engaging eaeh other in the hul) and an annular plate having recesses in which the engaged ends ot'A the spokes seat.

Signed at, New York iu the county of New l oi'k and State of New York this 12th day of May A. D. 1920.

MAURICE LACHMAN.

Witness 1in-:Nn Lnrkownz. 

